Song lyrics you messed up as a kid

[scottyrocks]

From I'm a Believer by the Monkees, I thought the line was, 'Disappointment harbored all my dreams,' when it's really, 'Disappointment haunted all my dreams.'

 

[carebear]

In school I thought Pat Benatar was singing "Love is a fallacy".

 

[JennyLou]

The lyrics to Macarena. I was never really good at Spanish, but no one can beat me at dancing it.

 

[cecil]

Aussie band Radio Birdman named themselves after a Stooges lyric they misheard - the correct lyric is 'radio burnin' from the song 1970.

 

[cecil]

Wrapped like a douche", instead of "Revved up like a deuce"

I could never figure that out!!

a friend heard a line from the Smiths song "I want the one I can't have" as:

A double bed, and a snow white leopard for sure, these are the riches of the poor!


Turns out Morissey thought that a stalwart lover was more appropriate but I'm sure the folk he was talking about would appreciate snow leopards as much as anyone lol

 

[AtomicEraTom]

When in Blinded by the Light they said "with a teenage diplomat" for some reason I thought it was "in an old Dodge Diplomat"

 

[JennyLou]

I always mistook "revved up like a deuce" also.

 

[jayem]

Tears for Fears: Head Over Heels
I used to sing 'I'm watching TV with you alone', when it was really 'I wanted to be with you alone'.

To be honest, I didn't find out about this correction until about a year ago

Peter Gabriel: Games without Frontiers
The lyric 'Jeux Sans Frontieres', I used to sing 'She's so funky, yeah'.


Oh, and this would crack my parents up....
At church when I was little, instead of 'Amen' I responded 'Hey Man!'

 

[KY Gentleman]

I had a friend who would sing "Dirty Jeans" (and they're done dirt cheap) I don't know where that came from, either. (AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds").
My aunt burst into song during the tune "Arizona" only to sing "There is no one...".

 

[Miss 1929]

Bullfighter's theme from "Carmen"

Hey Matadora
Don't spit on the floor-a
Use the cuspidor-a
That's what it's for-a

Never did learn the real lyrics.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Convinced a friend of mine once while listening to the newly released Eagles' song "Life in the Fast Lane" that they were singing "Fightin' in the Vaseline".

 

[JennyLou]

Convinced a friend of mine once while listening to the newly released Eagles' song "Life in the Fast Lane" that they were singing "Fightin' in the Vaseline".

wow that's a good one

 

[Brooksie]

Well, I mentioned the one main one that I used to mess up (I had many but the one main one I mentioned on here quite a while ago) so now that I got that out of the way I thought I would mention the one my brother messed up when he was a kid -

It was a 70's song by Billy Swan (I have know idea if anybody will even remember him) but the name of the song was: I Can Help

the words were: I have two strong arms I can help and my brother thought it was I have two strong hams I can help...

Brooksie

 

[Dixon Cannon]

'Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby' - Beatles

"Went out last night, didn't stay late
Before I got home, I had an ice cream cake." lol

....ahhh, that's "...I had nineteen dates."!

-dixon 'beatle' cannon

 

[Foofoogal]

I have always messed up songs and put in my own words. As a child and still do. I can though remember the tune always. Honey can name off bands if I sing a song. I never ever remember names of bands hardly. I am a total musicholic. Only rap gets under my skin the bad way. I honestly think I would die if music was taken away.

 

[scotrace]

I always mistook "revved up like a deuce" also.

So that's what that was. I still thought it was "wrapped up like a douche!" lol

Fame
- I thought- Baby remember my name Christopher!, Christopher! Christopher! -

Actually - Baby remember my name, Remember, Remember, Remember!

Holy smoke! It's not "remember?" :eusa_doh:


My big one: "Dream Weaver" <------> "Seam Weenie."

 

[Ethan Bentley]

I always mistook "revved up like a deuce" also.

I'm a bit more familiar with The Boss' version where the lyrics are;

"cut loose like a deuce" still sounds like it could be douche.

Another one that seems to consistently come up, I know very people that know the actual lyrics, is REM Sidewinder Sleep to Night.

"Calling Cheryl Bake" rather than "Call Me When you try to wake her up"

In case anyone is wondering who Cheryl Baker is; she's a member of the band Bucks Fizz who produced this 1981 Eurovision entry.
Caution it's a bit racy. lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACePi441ds (The one in the red).

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Billy Swan's I can Help is one of my favorites.

I also thought some of you may enjoy this. It's "Blinded by the Light" with some ways the lyrics have been misheard on the video. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMiV5Ls_LVU

 

[DanielJones]

"A girl with colitis goes by" instead of "A girl with caleidoscope eyes". Oops! :eusa_doh:

Cheers!

Dan

 

[K.D. Lightner]

One song in which I had the lyrics wrong for eons was the Wang Chung song, Dance Hall Days

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze

And when I, you, and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true...

What I heard him singing was "we were cool on Christ."

I could hardly make out most of the lyrics in the song, and so thought it was one of those Christian rock songs. Boy, was I way off.

karol